# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lasantha-wickrematunge
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:40:16.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lasantha-wickrematunge"
name: "Lasantha Wickrematunge"
slug: "lasantha-wickrematunge"
description: "Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge was a high-profile Sri Lankan journalist, politician, broadcaster, and human rights activist who was assassinated in January 2009."
tagline: "Sri Lankan journalist (1958-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wiensandbichler.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1958-04-05"
deathDate: "2009-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.09
  momentum:             3.723510971786834
  historical:           9.028764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "லசந்த விக்கிரமதுங்க"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لاسانثا ويكريماتونج"
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    title: "Lasantha Wickrematunge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lasantha Wickrematunge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lasantha Wickrematunge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasantha_Wickrematunga"
    title: "Lasantha Wickrematunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ലസാന്ത വിക്രമതുംഗെ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lasantha Wickramatunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lasantha Wickrematunge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasantha_Wickrematunga"
    title: "Lasantha Wickrematunga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%83%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9C"
    title: "ලසන්ත වික්‍රමතුංග"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q687745"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump